Matty McIntyre 1904 Photo Album

[slidekellyslide]

Are we sure that McIntyre is the one who wrote under the photos?...seems kinda weird that he would label himself under the photos as "Matty" and not "Me."

[milkit1]

was the description cut off the Crawford?

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by milkit1

was the description cut off the Crawford?

I removed the photo from the black paper it was glued to...it's very unfortunate that John Rogers cut this album up when these photos were very easy to remove...no telling how many incredible photos of these early Detroiters and in some cases Matty's minor league teammates were lost forever to a pair of scissors.

[milkit1]

what did those sell for anyways

[slidekellyslide]

Most of the out of uniform snapshots sold for between $10-$30...I did however pay somewhere around $100 for an "Unknown" man in a suit on the field...I knew it was Sam Thompson and probably someone else did too that's why it went for so much...non hall of fame players in uniform seemed to go for anywhere from $50-$100 and hall of famers went from $100+...I can't recall what the Van Oyen team photo sold for, but I think it was over $2,000. There were a few out of uniform snapshots that had multiple players including Cobb that I think sold for $100+...then there were photos of non-baseball stuff that Matty snapped including some zoo photos, boats in Cuba, his family, et cetera that all sold for $10 and less per photo.


The sad part is that this album originated from a Lelands auction and I never even saw it until I went searching for info on the album after it had already been cut up...it sold dirt cheap (compared to what Rogers made on it) I may still not have gotten it as Rogers probably had a much higher bid on it than what it sold for, but snapshots were my main passion at that time and I definitely would have taken a run at it.

These photos are no longer mine so hopefully whoever has them now won't object to my posting them, but you seem genuinely interested in the collection.

Davy Jones


Ed Killian


Germany Schaeffer


Jimmy Archer x 2


Matty's baby and a pup


Ship in Cuba


The Womenfolk


I can't recall the name of this fellow, but Richard Bak an author of a couple of Ty Cobb books once told me who it was...you can see part of the stands at Bennett Park in the background


George Wiltse and Joe McGinnity

[Runscott]

Thanks for sharing - I remember some of those pics. Wouldn't it have been greg if Rogers had made high-quality scans of all the pages in the album BEFORE chopping it up, and created a website for the album.

[mabjae]

I won't have access to a scanner for a few weeks, but I have 5-6 of these. Offthe top of my head, I remember a group pic on the USS Maine, a street photo of ballplayers, an unidentified player in uniform and one of the groundskeeper mowing the field at Bennett Field.
Dan, I think you and I went head-to-head on that one, if I remember correctly.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

Are we sure that McIntyre is the one who wrote under the photos?...seems kinda weird that he would label himself under the photos as "Matty" and not "Me."

Yes, his signature was authenticated. I have no idea how, as I've never been able to find an image of his signature, but I'm sure they exist.